Michael Jocson Physiotherapy is a health and wellness consulting practice in NYC, utilizing physical therapy, corrective exercise, nutrition, life coaching, and energy medicine. This blog is to provide updates for clients/patients and other thoughts to help them heal and evolve.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

I just wrote up a case history on a client I saw this week and thought people might be interested. This is not your typical health care approach. Have an open mind while reading it. Case Study: Right Hip Pain

Thursday, December 6, 2007

This Saturday I'll be giving a seminar on Corrective Exercise and the MMA Athlete at Ray Longo's place in Garden City, NY. There'll be some talking but mostly you'll be put through a workout so you'll be learning some new exercises. Class starts at 3 PM and costs $30. Just show up; no need to reserve a spot.

On the bank of a stream there was a high wallAnd on top of the wall a sad and thirsty man.The wall prevented him from reaching the waterThat he longed for passionately, like a fish.Suddenly, he threw a brick into the water -The sound of the water struck his ears like wordsSpoken by a delicious and tender friend...Because he was so happy hearing the water,He began to tear down the wall and throw brick after brick.The sound of the water seemed to be saying,"What do you think you gain by doing this?"The thirsty man replied, "I gain two thingsAnd will never stop doing what I'm doing.The first is that I hear the sound of waterWhich is like an oboe to a thirsty man.This sound's for me like the Angel of death's trumpet -It awakens life in one who was dead! -Or like the drum of thunder during the days of springThat makes the garden bloom in all its glory,Or like the days of almsgiving for a beggar,Or the news of his freeing for a prisoner.The second gain I get from doing what I doIs that with every brick I tear down and throwI come closer to the running water.Every brick I take down makes the wall lower -Lowering the wall is a way of reaching the water.Destroying the wall's separation leads to Union."Tearing off the carefully linked bricks is Prostration -Didn't God announce, "Prostrate and approach Me?"As long as the wall stands, it's an obstacleTo the one who bends his head in prayer:You'll never completely prostrate to the Living WaterWhile you're not sprung free from the physical body.The thirstier the man on the top of the wall is,The quicker he tears down the bricks and tufts of grass.The more in love with the sound of the water,The greater are the clumps of brick he tears down.RUMI

Sunday, November 25, 2007

The video's a bit grainy and dark but the movement is all there. This is an advanced swiss ball exercise I created that I don't think anyone else is teaching. Its purpose is to integrate the upper and lower body in a twisting movement pattern improving proprioception, stabilty, and neuromuscular efficiency. And oh yeah, it works the "core".

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The wine of divine grace is limitless:All limits come only from the faults of the cup.Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon;How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.Grant a great dignity, my friend, to the cup of your life;Love has designed it to hold His eternal wine.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Everyday I read a passage from works such as by Rumi to inspire me in creating my day. I'd like to share what I read today:

The Soul of Reality

How marvelous a lover is, for he gathers power, grows, and fills with vibrant energy from the image of his Beloved. This should not surprise you; think of how much perpetual strength the image of Layla fed Majnun.Since the image of what is after all a transient beloved possesses so great a power to embolden the lover, why are you surprised that the Image of the Eternal Beloved should stream strength into the Lover, both here in this world and in the Invisible? That Image is not "Imagination" at all; it is the Soul of Reality.

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Michael practices health consulting and runs his practice out of Physique in the Union Square/Greenwich Village area in NYC. His professional background started with physical therapy in 1996 with an emphasis in orthopedic manual physical therapy and evolved through the fields of fitness/wellness and nutrition as a CHEK Practitioner and into the world of energy medicine through shamanism. The reality is that there's no words to actually describe and limit what he does other than consulting others to regain health; with health being referred to as a dynamic wholeness. Michael is available for consultations in person or over the phone as well as for pain management and neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation services utilizing manual therapy, neurosomatic needling, corrective exercise, and movement therapy. Personal Training services are also available. Fees: $200/hour at Physique, 58 E. 11th St, 4th fl, NY, NY.
Got insurance? Michael may be able to provide physical therapy services as an in-network provider as well as out-of-network depending on your insurance plan. Questions? Just ask at mjocs@aol.com.